September 21
Washington Bach Consort
Dana Marsh, conductor
Aaron Sheehan, tenor
Jonathan Woody, bass
Clara Rottsolk, soprano
Margot Rood, soprano
Kristen Dubenion-Smith, mezzo-soprano
Rhianna Cockrell, mezzo-soprano
Jacob Perry, Jr., tenor
James Reese, tenor
Enrico Lagasca, bass
Edmund Milly, bass
Bach: St. Matthew Passion
7 p.m. St. Mark’s, Capitol Hill
Gabriela Montero at Prager
Khatia Buniatishvili, pianist
Music by Bach, Liszt, others
7:30 p.m. Prager Family Center for the Arts, Easton
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Musicians from BSO OrchKids
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cellist
8 p.m. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
September 22
Washington Bach Consort
Dana Marsh, conductor
Aaron Sheehan, tenor
Jonathan Woody, bass
Clara Rottsolk, soprano
Margot Rood, soprano
Kristen Dubenion-Smith, mezzo-soprano
Rhianna Cockrell, mezzo-soprano
Jacob Perry, Jr., tenor
James Reese, tenor
Enrico Lagasca, bass
Edmund Milly, bass
Bach: St. Matthew Passion
4 p.m. St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Borromeo String Quartet
Henry Kramer, pianist
Bacewicz: String Quartet No. 6
Hailstork: String Quartet No. 2 (Variations on “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”)
Dvořák: Piano Quintet No. 2
7 p.m. Bender JCC
Capitol Hill Chamber Music Festival
Tina Chancey, viola da gambist
Jeffrey Cohan, flutist
Music by Sweelinck, Ortiz, Hotteterre, Couperin, others
7:30 p.m. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Capitol Hill
September 24
Akiko Kobayashi, violinist
Music by Bach, Telemann, others
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission
Polyaspora Festival
New solo works by Peabody Conservatory students
5:30 p.m. Hopkins Bloomberg Center
Free admission
Valentin Tournet, viola da gambist
Music of Sainte-Colombe, Marais
7:30 p.m. La Maison Française
September 25
Opera Philadelphia
Mazzoli: The Listeners
Nicole Heaston, Troy Cooke, Lindsey Reynolds, Kevin Burdette
Corrado Rovaris, conductor
7 p.m. Academy of Music
Polyaspora Festival
New ensemble works by Peabody Conservatory students
7 p.m. Hopkins Bloomberg Center
Free admission
September 26
Polyaspora Festival
Music by Mitchell, Mumford, Khumalo, Adu-Gilmore, others
7 p.m. Hopkins Bloomberg Center
Free admission
Njioma Grevious, violinist
7:30 p.m. The Mansion at Strathmore
September 27
Polyaspora Festival
Music by Lara, Oliveira, Santos, Balter, others
7 p.m. Hopkins Bloomberg Center
Free admission
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
James Ehnes, violinist
Lee: Visions of Cahokia
Barber: Violin Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
8 p.m. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Opera Philadelphia
Mazzoli: The Listeners
Nicole Heaston, Troy Cooke, Lindsey Reynolds, Kevin Burdette
Corrado Rovaris, conductor
8 p.m. Academy of Music
September 28
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Yunchan Lim, pianist
Simon: Four Black American Dances
Bonis: Pavane; Sarabande; Bourrée
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Ravel: La Valse
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org
Mind on Fire
Hersch: and we, each (world premiere)
Ah Young Hong, Jesse Blumberg
Tito Muñoz, conductor
7:30 p.m. Baltimore Theatre Project
Alexandria Symphony Orchestra
James Ross, conductor
Marlisa Woods, violinist
Chris Franke, violinist
Aaron Clay, bassist
Dvořák: Carnival Overture
Higdon: Concerto 4-3 (selections)
Ortiz: Kauyumari
Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo and Juliet
7:30 p.m. Schlesinger Concert Hall
Opera Bel Cantanti
Donizetti: La fille du régiment
Tess Ottinger, Jonathan Pierce Rhodes, Scott Clark, others
Katerina Souvorova, conductor
7:30 p.m. Bender JCC
Chiarina Chamber Players
Michelle Cann, pianist
Price: Piano Quintet
R. Schumann: Piano Quintet
7:30 p.m. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Capitol Hill
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
James Ehnes, violinist
Lee: Visions of Cahokia
Barber: Violin Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
8 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore
September 29
Opera Philadelphia
Mazzoli: The Listeners
Nicole Heaston, Troy Cooke, Lindsey Reynolds, Kevin Burdette
Corrado Rovaris, conductor
2 p.m. Academy of Music
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
James Ehnes, violinist
Lee: Visions of Cahokia
Barber: Violin Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
3 p.m. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Alexandria Symphony Orchestra
James Ross, conductor
Marlisa Woods, violinist
Chris Franke, violinist
Aaron Clay, bassist
Dvořák: Carnival Overture
Higdon: Concerto 4-3 (selections)
Ortiz: Kauyumari
Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo and Juliet
3 p.m. George Washington Masonic Memorial
Opera Bel Cantanti
Donizetti: La fille du régiment
Tess Ottinger, Jonathan Pierce Rhodes, Scott Clark, others
Katerina Souvorova, conductor
3 p.m. Bender JCC
Washington National Cathedral Choir and Orchestra
Michael McCarthy, conductor
Mozart: Requiem
Pärt: The Deer’s Cry
Pärt: Berliner Messe
4 p.m. Washington National Cathedral
Washington Douglass Chorale
Theodore T. Thorpe III, conductor
Scott Tucker, conductor
4 p.m. National United Methodist Church
Apollo Orchestra
Nicholas Hersh, conductor
Maria Loudenitch, violinist
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
Barber: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
4 p.m. Cultural Arts Center, Montgomery College
Free admission
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Mind on Fire
Hersch: and we, each (world premiere)
Ah Young Hong, Jesse Blumberg
Tito Muñoz, conductor
4:30 p.m. Baltimore Theatre Project
October 1
Washington Bach Consort
Dana Marsh, conductor
Jinsun Cho, organist
Matthew Loyal Smith, tenor
Bach: Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C Major
Bach: Cantata No. 55 (Ich armer Mensch)
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
October 2
Brad Balliett, bassoonist
Bryan Young, bassoonist
Sam Suggs, bassist
Mikael Darmanie, pianist
New music for bassoon
12:30 p.m. Hopkins Bloomberg Center
Free admission
October 3
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Rachel Willis-Sørensen, soprano
Simon: Four Black American Dances
Strauss: Four Last Songs
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org
October 4
Annapolis Symphony Orchestra
José-Luis Novo, conductor
Brian Ganz, pianist
León: Pasajes
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23
Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 (second movement)
Still: Symphony No. 1 (“Afro-American”)
7:30 p.m. Maryland Hall
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Rachel Willis-Sørensen, soprano
Simon: Four Black American Dances
Strauss: Four Last Songs
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org
October 5
Open Music
Bonnie Lander, soprano
Ashley: Perfect LIves (excerpts)
7 p.m. Rhizome DC
Smithsonian Chamber Music Society
Axelrod String Quartet
Milena Pajaro-van der Stadt, violist
Schubert: String Quartet No. 10
Mozart: String Quintet No. 3
Brahms: String Quintet No. 1
7:30 p.m. National Museum of American History
Chamber Music Maryland
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
Shostakovich: Prelude and Scherzo for String Octet
Schulhoff: Sextet for Strings
Mendelssohn: Octet for Strings
7:30 p.m. Horowitz Performing Arts Center, Columbia
Annapolis Symphony Orchestra
José-Luis Novo, conductor
Brian Ganz, pianist
León: Pasajes
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23
Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 (second movement)
Still: Symphony No. 1 (“Afro-American”)
7:30 p.m. Maryland Hall
IN Series
Blitzstein: The Cradle Will Rock
Marvin Wayne Allen, Melanie Ashkar, Teresa Ferrara, Daniel Fleming
Emily Baltzer, conductor
7:30 p.m. Goldman Theater
Opera Bel Cantanti
Donizetti: La fille du régiment
Tess Ottinger, Jonathan Pierce Rhodes, Scott Clark, others
Katerina Souvorova, conductor
7:30 p.m. Bender JCC
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Rachel Willis-Sørensen, soprano
Simon: Four Black American Dances
Strauss: Four Last Songs
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org
October 6
Music at Evergreen
Galvin Cello Quartet
Music for cello quartet
2 p.m. Evergreen Museum and Library
IN Series
Blitzstein: The Cradle Will Rock
Marvin Wayne Allen, Melanie Ashkar, Teresa Ferrara, Daniel Fleming
Emily Baltzer, conductor
2:30 p.m. Goldman Theater
Annapolis Symphony Orchestra
José-Luis Novo, conductor
Brian Ganz, pianist
León: Pasajes
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23
Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 (second movement)
Still: Symphony No. 1 (“Afro-American”)
3 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore
Baltimore Chamber Orchestra
Robert Moody, conductor
Christopher Goodpasture, pianist
Smetana: Overture to The Bartered Bride
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
3 p.m. Kraushaar Auditorium, Towson
Opera Bel Cantanti
Donizetti: La fille du régiment
Tess Ottinger, Jonathan Pierce Rhodes, Scott Clark, others
Katerina Souvorova, conductor
3 p.m. Bender JCC
Bach in Baltimore
T. Herbert Dimmock, conductor
Lynn Trapp, organist
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (“Eroica”)
Guilmant: Symphony No. 1 (Organ Sonata No. 1)
4 p.m. St. Joseph’s Parish, Cockeysville
Capital City Symphony
Victoria Gau, conductor
Simon: Breathe
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite
5 p.m. Atlas Performing Arts Center
Isata Kanneh-Mason, pianist
Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 50
C. Schumann: Nocturne in F Major
Nielsen: Chaconne
Gubaidulina: Chaconne
Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3
5:30 p.m. Shriver Hall
Smithsonian Chamber Music Society
Axelrod String Quartet
Milena Pajaro-van der Stadt, violist
Schubert: String Quartet No. 10
Mozart: String Quintet No. 3
Brahms: String Quintet No. 1
6:30 p.m. National Museum of American History
October 8
William Chang, pianist
Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 2
Chopin: Scherzo No. 4
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission
Daniel Kurganov, violinist
Constantine Finehouse, pianist
Franck: Violin Sonata in A Major
Beach: Romance for Violin and Piano
Debussy: Violin Sonata
8 p.m. The Clarice
Free admission
October 9
Russian Chamber Art Society
Anastasiia Sidorova, mezzo-soprano
Denis Sedov, bass
Risa Hokamura, violinist
Martin Labazevitch, pianist
Genadi Zagor, pianist
Vera Danchenko-Stern, pianist
Prokofiev: The Ugly Duckling
Shostakovich: Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarotti
7:30 p.m. La Maison Française
October 10
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Leif Ove Andsnes, pianist
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 (“Emperor”)
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org
Young Concert Artists
Benett Tsai, cellist
HyeJin Kim, pianist
Ginastera: Pampeana No. 2
Marais: La Folia
Barber: Cello Sonata
Beethoven: Seven Variations on “Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen”
Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 1
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Juanjo Mena, conductor
Lucas and Arthur Jussen, piano duo
Farrenc: Overture No. 2
Mozart: Concerto for Two Pianos
Schumann: Symphony No. 4
8 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore
October 11
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Leif Ove Andsnes, pianist
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 (“Emperor”)
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
11:30 a.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org
Counterpoint
Dayna Hepler, violinist
Jennifer Kim, violinist
Andrew Eng, violist
Gabriel Cabezas, cellist
Leah Arsenault, flutist
Natalia Kazaryan, pianist
Bach-Busoni: Chaconne in D Minor
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
Bach: “Air on the G String” from Orchestral Suite No. 3
Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
Bach: Sinfonia from Cantata No. 29
6:30 p.m. Dupont Underground
Teodora Adzharova, pianist
Hersch: The Vanishing Pavilions (selections)
Ustvolskaya: Twelve preludes for piano
Drehoff: “of the harrowing and the beautiful”
7:30 p.m. Linehan Concert Hall, UMBC
October 12
IN Series
Blitzstein: The Cradle Will Rock
Marvin Wayne Allen, Melanie Ashkar, Teresa Ferrara, Daniel Fleming
Emily Baltzer, conductor
7:30 p.m. Goldman Theater
October 13
Jorge Federico Osorio, pianist
Music by Villanueva, Castro, Ponce, Rolón
1 and 3 p.m. National Gallery of Art
Free admission
Smithsonian Academy Orchestra
Kenneth Slowik, conductor
Haydn: Overture to L’Isola disabitata
Haydn: Symphony No. 92 (“Oxford”)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
2 p.m. The Clarice
Free admission
IN Series
Blitzstein: The Cradle Will Rock
Marvin Wayne Allen, Melanie Ashkar, Teresa Ferrara, Daniel Fleming
Emily Baltzer, conductor
2:30 p.m. Goldman Theater
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Leif Ove Andsnes, pianist
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 (“Emperor”)
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
3 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Juanjo Mena, conductor
Lucas and Arthur Jussen, piano duo
Farrenc: Overture No. 2
Mozart: Concerto for Two Pianos
Schumann: Symphony No. 4
3 p.m. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Castleton Festival
Elias Ackerley, pianist
Bach-Busoni: Chaconne in D Minor
Schumann: Kreisleriana
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 31
Liszt: Spanish Rhapsody
3 p.m. Theatre House, Castleton
Trio Con Brio Copenhagen
Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo and Juliet
Weinberg: Piano Trio
Schubert: Piano Trio No. 2
4 p.m. Phillips Collection
Mind on Fire
Hersch: and we, each
Ah Young Hong and Jesse Blumberg
Tito Muñoz, conductor
4 p.m. Hopkins Bloomberg Center
Free admission
October 15
Michael Noble, pianist
Music by Brahms, Prokofiev, Rzewski
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission
October 17
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Renée Fleming, soprano
Strauss: Capriccio (excerpts)
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Hayato Sumino, pianist
Lee: Chuphshah! Harriet’s Drive to Canaan
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 4
7:30 p.m. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
French-American Piano Society
Suzanna Bartal, pianist
Liszt: Années de Pèlerinage (selections)
7:30 p.m. La Maison Française
October 18
Classical Arts Society of Washington
Erika Gray, violist
Christopher Schmitt, pianist
Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo and Juliet
Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2
6:30 p.m. Arts Club of Washington
Washington Bach Consort
Leon Schelhase, harpsichordist and conductor
Margot Rood, soprano
Margaret Owens, oboist and recorder player
Sarah Cunningham, viola da gambist
Kevin Payne, theorbist
Music by Rameau, Montéclair, Marais, Purcell
7 p.m. Live at 10th and G
Annapolis Opera
Rossini: The Barber of Seville
Hayden Smith, Tim Mix, Winona Martin, Kevin Godínez
Craig Kier, conductor
7:30 p.m. Maryland Hall
IN Series
Blitzstein: The Cradle Will Rock
Marvin Wayne Allen, Melanie Ashkar, Teresa Ferrara, Daniel Fleming
Emily Baltzer, conductor
7:30 p.m. Baltimore Theatre Project
The Thirteen, chamber choir
Matthew Robertson, conductor
Bach: Motets
7:30 p.m. Virginia Theological Seminary
Opera Baltimore
Puccini: La Bohème
7:30 p.m. Stephens Hall Theatre
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Renée Fleming, soprano
Strauss: Capriccio (excerpts)
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org
October 19
Washington Performing Arts
Sphinx Virtuosi
Britton-René Collins, percussionist
Taylor: Daydreaming (A Fantasy on Scott Joplin)
Joplin-Norpoth: Overture from Treemonisha
Coleridge-Taylor: Four Novelletten
Carreño: “Tempo di Marcia” from Serenade for Strings
Becenti: Hané for String Quartet
Skye: American Mirror, Part One
Stewart: Drill
2 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
Washington Bach Consort
Leon Schelhase, harpsichordist and conductor
Margot Rood, soprano
Margaret Owens, oboist and recorder player
Sarah Cunningham, viola da gambist
Kevin Payne, theorbist
Music by Rameau, Montéclair, Marais, Purcell
7 p.m. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Dumbarton Concerts
The Thirteen, chamber choir
Matthew Robertson, conductor
Bach: Motets
7:30 p.m. Dumbarton United Methodist Church
IN Series
Blitzstein: The Cradle Will Rock
Marvin Wayne Allen, Melanie Ashkar, Teresa Ferrara, Daniel Fleming
Emily Baltzer, conductor
7:30 p.m. Baltimore Theatre Project
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Renée Fleming, soprano
Strauss: Capriccio (excerpts)
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
8 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Hayato Sumino, pianist
Lee: Chuphshah! Harriet’s Drive to Canaan
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 4
8 p.m. Music Center at Strathmore
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Zimmerman, conductor
Lisa Moore, pianist
Bernstein: Overture from Candide
Kats-Chernin: Force Majeure
Copland: Appalachian Spring
Bernstein: Three Dance Episodes from On the Town
8 p.m. GMU Center for the Arts
October 20
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Hayato Sumino, pianist
Lee: Chuphshah! Harriet’s Drive to Canaan
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 4
3 p.m. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Annapolis Opera
Rossini: The Barber of Seville
Hayden Smith, Tim Mix, Winona Martin, Kevin Godínez
Craig Kier, conductor
3 p.m. Maryland Hall
Washington Master Chorale
Thomas Colohan, conductor
Music by Lloyd, Esmail, Robles, Hailstork, Garrett
3 p.m. St. Ann Catholic Church
Jacqueline Pollauf, harpist
Gombau: Apunte Betico
Fauré: Trois Morceaux
Thomas: David of the White Rock
Pescetti: Sonata in C minor
Rota: Sarabanda e Toccata
Tournier: Vers la Source dans la Bois
Khachaturian: Dance and Toccata
3 p.m. Linehan Concert Hall, UMBC
Opera Baltimore
Puccini: La Bohème
3 p.m. Stephens Hall Theatre
Cathedral Choral Society and Orchestra
Steven Fox, conductor
Katerina Burton, mezzo-soprano
Trevor Scheunemann, baritone
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem
4 p.m. Washington National Cathedral
Kit Armstrong, pianist
Liszt: Rhapsodie Espagnole
Alkan: Esquisses (selections)
C.P.E. Bach: La Folia
Liszt-Armstrong: Prometheus
Saint-Saëns: Album
4 p.m. Phillips Collection
IN Series
Blitzstein: The Cradle Will Rock
Marvin Wayne Allen, Melanie Ashkar, Teresa Ferrara, Daniel Fleming
Emily Baltzer, conductor
4 p.m. Baltimore Theatre Project
The Thirteen, chamber choir
Matthew Robertson, conductor
Bach: Motets
5 p.m. Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church
Voces8, chamber choir
Selections of Renaissance polyphony
5 p.m. St. John’s Episcopal Church, Georgetown
Choralis
Gretchen Kuhrmann, conductor
Kristen Dubenion-Smith, mezzo-soprano
Ross Tamaccio, baritone
Duruflé: Requiem
Duruflé: Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens
Duruflé: Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d’Alain
5 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
October 21
Opera Lafayette
Ensemble Amedyez, early music ensemble
Kalanidhi Dance Company
Amel Brahim-Djelloul, soprano
Daniel: Algerian melodies
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
October 22
Ondřej Horňas, organist
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”)
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission
Opera Lafayette
Ensemble Amedyez, early music ensemble
Kalanidhi Dance Company
Amel Brahim-Djelloul, soprano
Daniel: Algerian melodies
7:30 p.m. Dupont Underground
October 24
L’Opéra Comique de Washington
Le Choeur Grégorien de Paris
Rija Randriamampionona and Jiyoung Mary Kim, conductors
Music of the Ars Antiqua
7 p.m. North Bethesda United Methodist Church
Livewire Festival
Ruckus, new music ensemble
Garrett: ”The trees out there are bent and dripping” (world premiere)
Dusman: Terra Mycellia (world premiere)
Gardner: New work (world premiere)
Rubin: Dreaming Fire, Tasting Rain
Repar: breathing.bones.mobile.mind
7:30 p.m. Linehan Concert Hall, UMBC
October 25
Livewire Festival
Sofia Kamayianni and Tim Ward, pianists
Music for Piano+ system
2 p.m. Linehan Concert Hall, UMBC
Washington National Opera
Beethoven: Fidelio
Sinéad Campbell Wallace, Jamez McCorkle, Derek Welton, David Leigh
Robert Spano, conductor
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
kennedy-center.org
Opera Bel Cantanti
Poulenc: La voix humaine
Emily Casey, Rob McGinness
Katerina Souvorova, conductor and pianist
7:30 p.m. Writer’s Center of Bethesda
Quatuor Diotima
Schoenberg: String Quartet in D Major (No. “0”)
Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 4
Berg: Lyric Suite
8 p.m. Library of Congress
Free admission
Capriccio Baroque
Justin Taylor, harpsichordist
Music by Bach, A. Scarlatti, D. Scarlatti, Marcello, Valente
8 p.m. La Maison Française
Livewire Festival
Hub New Music
Teodora Adzharova, pianist
Dustin Donahue, percussionist
Hasanova: Interconnectedness (world premiere)
Hovda: The Lion’s Head
Calderoni: Murex
Young: to hear the things we cannot see
8 p.m. Linehan Concert Hall, UMBC
October 26
Livewire Festival
Caballito Negro, new music ensemble
Lisa Cella, flutist
Dustin Donahue, percussionist
Rigler: Two Seaming
O’Halloran: music for the small hours
Smith: No. 13
Rowe: Itch
Seo: Birds, Bees, Electric Fish
12 p.m. LInehan Concert Hall, UMBC
Free admission
Quatuor Diotima
Korngold: String Quartet No. 3
Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 3
Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 1
2 p.m. Library of Congress
Free admission
Livewire Festival
Music by Annea Lockwood
5:30 p.m. Linehan Concert Hall, UMBC
Washington National Opera
Christine Goerke, soprano
Brandon Jovanovich, tenor
Derek Welton, bass-baritone
Soloman Howard, bass
Robert Spano, conductor
Music of Wagner
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
kennedy-center.org
Chamber Music Maryland
Ulysses Quartet
Oskar Espina Ruiz, clarinetist
Shaw: Plan and Elevation
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: String Quartet in E-flat major
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor
7:30 p.m. Horowitz Performing Arts Center
Gabriela Montero, pianist
Schumann: Kinderszenen
7:30 p.m. Prager Family Center for the Arts, Easton
Opera Bel Cantanti
Poulenc: La voix humaine
Emily Casey, Rob McGinness
Katerina Souvorova, conductor and pianist
7:30 p.m. Writer’s Center of Bethesda
Pan American Symphony Orchestra
Sergio Alessandro Buslje, conductor
Sean Mahon, pianist
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Music of Kapustin, Ellington, Pirotti
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
October 27
Mount Vernon Virtuosi
Amit Peled, conductor
11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Bender JCC
Free admission
Washington National Opera
Beethoven: Fidelio
Sinéad Campbell Wallace, Jamez McCorkle, Derek Welton, David Leigh
Robert Spano, conductor
2 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
kennedy-center.org
Washington Performing Arts
Tony Siqi Yun, pianist
Brahms: Theme with Variations in D Minor
Wagner-Liszt: “Isoldes Liebestod” from Tristan und Isolde
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 (“Appassionata”)
Busoni: Berceuse from Elegies
Schumann: Symphonic Études
2 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
Viano Quartet
Debussy: String Quartet in G Minor
Coleman: Moonshot for String Quartet
Dvořák: String Quartet No. 13
3 p.m. The Barns at Wolf Trap
wolftrap.org
Chamber Music Maryland
Ulysses Quartet
Oskar Espina Ruiz, clarinetist
Vivaldi: Spring Concerto (excerpt)
Komitas: Armenian Folk Songs
Wilson: Hungarian Folk Songs (selections)
Grosshandler: Suite for Clarinet Quintet
Richter: On the Nature of Daylight
Royer: La Marche des Scythes
3 p.m. Horowitz Performing Arts Center
Agata Miklavc, violinist
Jason Solounias, pianist
3 p.m. St. Ann Catholic Church
Free admission
Santiago Cañón-Valencia, cellist
Victor Santiago Asuncion, pianist
Duparc: Lamento
Debussy: Cello Sonata
Psathas: Halo
Schnittke: Suite in the Old Style
Márquez: Lejanía Interior
Stravinsky: Suite Italienne
4 p.m. Phillips Collection
Washington Bach Consort
Dana Marsh, conductor
Motets throughout history
4 p.m. National Presbyterian Church
Bach in Baltimore
T. Herbert Dimmock, conductor
Amy Cassiere, oboist
Ben Hawker, tenor
Rob McGinness, baritone
Taylor Hillary Boykins, mezzo-soprano
Kerry Holahan, soprano
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 4
Albinoni: Oboe Concerto in D minor
Bach: Cantata No. 80 (Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott)
4 p.m. Maryland State Boychoir Center for the Arts
Cantate Chamber Singers
Firebird Project Theatre
Victoria Gau, conductor
Music by Vaughan Williams, Rutter, Diemer
5 p.m. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rockville
Escher Quartet
Jordan Bak, violist
Mozart: String Quartet No. 21
Dvořák: String Quintet No. 3 (“American”)
Brahms: String Quintet No. 2
5:30 p.m. Shriver Hall
October 29
Thomas Sheehan, organist
12:10 p.m. Church of the Epiphany
Free admission
Washington National Opera
Beethoven: Fidelio
Sinéad Campbell Wallace, Jamez McCorkle, Derek Welton, David Leigh
Robert Spano, conductor
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
kennedy-center.org
October 30
Isidore String Quartet
Mozart: String Quartet No. 19 (“Dissonance”)
Childs: String Quartet No. 3 (“Unrequited”)
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 12
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
kennedy-center.org
Emi Ferguson, flutist
Ruckus, baroque ensemble
Ligeti: Musica ricercata
Telemann: Fantasias (selected)
8 p.m. Library of Congress
Free admission
October 31
National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Alexei Ogrintchouk, oboist
Prokofiev: Summer Night (Suite from Betrothal in a Monastery)
Raskatov: Oboe Concerto (“Time’s River”)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (“Pathétique”)
7 p.m. Kennedy Center Concert Hall
kennedy-center.org
Washington National Opera
Beethoven: Fidelio
Sinéad Campbell Wallace, Jamez McCorkle, Derek Welton, David Leigh
Robert Spano, conductor
7:30 p.m. Kennedy Center Opera House
kennedy-center.org
Sarah Cahill, pianist
Music by women composers
7:30 p.m. The Mansion at Strathmore
